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AMERICAN INVESTORS AMONG FOUR FREED AFTER NIGERIA KIDNAPPING
Gunmen ambushed the foreigners Tuesday as they traveled from Kafanchan in Kaduna state to Abuja... READ MORE›
ENDING CHILD MARRIAGE IN EGYPT - FRANCE 24
Also, how an international outcry forced the Sierra Leone government to reverse its ban on pregnant teenagers receiving an education... READ MORE›
CAN THIS EX-FOOTBALLER FULFIL LIBERIANS DREAMS?
The ex-footballer George Weah has been voted in as the president of Liberia. But will he be equal to the country's many challenges, asks Umaru Fofana... READ MORE›
'HE IS KING GEORGE': SOCCER STAR GEORGE WEAH WINS LIBERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
'He is King George' Soccer star George Weah wins Liberian presidential election... READ MORE›
GEORGE WEAH, FORMER WORLD FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR, SET TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA
The EU's chief observer, Maria Arena, congratulated the candidates and the Liberian people on a peaceful vote that generally respected constitutional rules ... READ MORE›
FORMER WORLD FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR GEORGE WEAH ELECTED LIBERIAN PRESIDENT
George Weah, former world footballer of the year, elected president of Liberia... READ MORE›
GEORGE WEAH SET TO WIN LIBERIA PRESIDENCY
Mr Weah, 51, will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female president, in Liberia's first democratic handover since 1944... READ MORE›
LIBERIA SET TO LEARN RESULT OF LANDMARK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Whoever wins will succeed the continent's first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who took over at the helm of Africa's oldest republic in 2006... READ MORE›
COUNTING UNDER WAY IN LIBERIA PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF
There has been no major incident to report of a technical nature and the voting was peaceful, noted electoral commission chief Francis Korkoya... READ MORE›
EBOLA: SURVIVORS FACE HEALTH COMPLICATIONS AMID RED CROSS SCANDAL
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Barely two years after West African nations defeated a deadly Ebola scourge, they are confronting a new epidemic corruption... READ MORE›
709 CARAT SIERRA LEONE 'PEACE DIAMOND' SOLD FOR $6.5M IN NEW YORK AUCTION
A 709 carat uncut diamond discovered in March 2017 by a group of miners in Sierra Leone fetched 6.5m at a New York auction on Monday December 4, 2017 ... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE PEACE DIAMOND NETS $6.5 MILLION IN AUCTION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR WEST AFRICAN NATION
The United Nations lifted a ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone in 2003, though the 113 million sector is plagued by smuggling... READ MORE›
ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST DIAMONDS FETCHES $6.5 MILLION TO DEAL WITH SMUGGLERS IN THE WEST AFRICAN NATION
The United Nations lifted a ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone in 2003, but the multi-million dollar sector is still plagued by smuggling... READ MORE›
GIANT 'PEACE DIAMOND' SELLS FOR $6.5M
A giant 709-carat diamond unearthed in Sierra Leone has sold at auction in New York for 6.5m ?4.8m ... READ MORE›
CHILDREN DYING IN INDIA'S LARGEST STATE AS GOVT FOCUSES ON COW WELFARE
The BRD medical college doctors insist the number of deaths has not increased... READ MORE›
HAGUE TRIBUNAL HEARING MLADIC CASE SETTING PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE
David Schwendiman, an American prosecutor investigating allegations of organ trafficking and other crimes during Kosovo's independence struggle, believes the U.N... READ MORE›
FREETOWN FLOOD DISASTER WAS '90 PERCENT MAN-MADE'
Thirty years ago, no one would have been killed, says Thorsten Kallnischkies, a geologist seconded to the United Nations Development Programme UNDP office in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
SUSAN LINNEE, EX-AP BUREAU CHIEF IN MADRID AND NAIROBI, DIES AT 75
Linnee became one of the news organization's first female American bureau chiefs overseas when she was named AP's Madrid bureau chief in 1982... READ MORE›
RED CROSS ADMITS EBOLA CASH LOST TO FRAUD
An investigation by Red Cross auditors has revealed that in Liberia 2.7m disappeared in fraudulently overpriced supplies, or in salaries for non-existent aid workers... READ MORE›
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ITALY'S STRUGGLING ECONOMY HAS WORLD'S HEALTHIEST PEOPLE
Yet Italians are in way better shape than Americans, Canadians and Brits, who all suffer from higher blood pressure and cholesterol and poorer mental health... READ MORE›
S LEONE MUDSLIDE KILLS AT LEAST 200
More than 300 people have been killed in mudslides and flooding near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown... READ MORE›
CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY DRIVES RAINFOREST DISASTER IN IVORY COAST
Exclusive As global demand for chocolate booms, 'dirty' beans from deforested national parks in Ivory Coast have entered big business supply chains... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE: DEATH TOLL FROM LANDSLIDE NEARS 500
READ MORE Sierra Leone mudslide What, where and why?... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE PASTOR FINDS HUGE 706-CARAT DIAMOND
A pastor in Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, according to the government, in one of the largest precious stone finds ever made worldwide... READ MORE›
ONCE TIME'S 'PERSON OF THE YEAR,' AN EBOLA FIGHTER DIES IN CHILDBIRTH DUE TO STIGMA OF VIRUS
More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola outbreak, although 17,000 who contracted the virus survived... READ MORE›
CASTRO'S LEGACY AND THE ENVY OF MANY NATIONS
In Mexico, youth literacy is around 98.5 percent, while adult literacy is at 93.5 percent ... READ MORE›
WHAT THE DUTCH CAN TEACH THE WORLD ABOUT MANAGING FLOODS
Prior to his mission to take Dutch water management expertise around the world, Ovink was the Netherlands' chief of water management and spatial planning ... READ MORE›
URGENT PLEA FOR HELP AS DEATH TOLL RISES
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Paolo Conteh told Sierra Leone's state broadcaster that thousands of people remain unaccounted for... READ MORE›
WHERE IS THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE?
Globally, the mortality rate for young people decreased 21 percent between 2000 and 2015, with HIV-related deaths in particular falling significantly... READ MORE›
BURIALS FOR SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE VICTIMS
The burials involved people who had already been identified or whose bodies were badly decomposed, Freetown's chief pathologist Dr Simeon Owizz Koroma said... READ MORE›
REFLECTIONS ON SIERRA LEONE'S MUDSLIDE DISASTER
Sierra Leonean journalist and Freetown resident Umaru Fofana reflects on the disaster... READ MORE›
ATTENTION IS ON HARVEY BUT FLOODING HAS KILLED THOUSANDS THIS MONTH IN OTHER COUNTRIES TOO
Below are some photos from Sierra Leone and South Asia that give a sense of the enormity of the catastrophes there... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 300 DEAD IN SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING[1]
Sierra Leone's national broadcaster announced late Monday that the death toll had risen above 300... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS FEARED DEAD IN MUDSLIDE NEAR FREETOWN
Hundreds of people are feared dead after a mudslide on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, officials and witnesses say... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS BURIED ALIVE IN MASSIVE SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDES AND FLOODS
Associated Press After a night of torrential rain, entire hillsides have collapsed into fast-moving mud in and around Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, on Monday... READ MORE›
SCHOOL SLAMMED BY BERNARDI FOR 'DRESS DAY' FUNDRAISER NOW DONATION LEADER
Craigburn Primary School's Principal, Paul Luke, and One Girl CEO Morgan Koegel address the media... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE APPEALS FOR URGENT HELP FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
Paolo Conteh, the interior minister, told Sierra Leone's state broadcaster that thousands of people remained missing... READ MORE›
EBOLA OUTBREAK DECLARED IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AFTER THREE DIE
Thousands more survivors have been left with long-term health problems and Liberia was only declared free of active Ebola virus transmission last June... READ MORE›
MASS BURIALS AFTER DEVASTATING SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE
READ MORE Sierra Leone mudslide What, where and why?... READ MORE›
FLOODS KILL MORE THAN 300, FEARS RISE FOR 600 MISSING
Sierra Leone entered a week-long mourning period for the victims of flooding that killed more than 300 people, with fears rising for at least 600 missing people... READ MORE›
AFTER SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE, NATION PREPARES FOR MASS FUNERALS
An estimated 400 people who have died so far, according to Sinneh Kamara, assistant officer at Sierra Leone's Connaught hospital, which is serving as the city's morgue... READ MORE›
AFRICAN LEADERS HEAD TO THE GAMBIA FOR MEDIATION TALKS
West African heads of state to arrive in Banjul to ask President Jammeh to step down, according to Senegalese official... READ MORE›
'I ESCAPED THROUGH A HOLE IN THE ROOF'
My husband woke me up as the water was filling the house... READ MORE›
EVERY 7 SECONDS A GIRL YOUNGER THAN 15 GETS MARRIED
Nordic countries sit at the top, while impoverished, fragile states such as the Central African Republic, Niger and Chad hold up the bottom... READ MORE›
OBAMA DEMANDS $6BN FOR EBOLA FIGHT
However, privately, UN officials say the country that currently has the worst Ebola hotspots, Sierra Leone, is not coping at all... READ MORE›
S LEONE VICE-PRESIDENT IN QUARANTINE
Nearly 10,000 people have died in the outbreak, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
DR CONGO LANDSLIDE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 200
In May 2010, a mudslide swept over the eastern Congo village of Kibiriga and killed 19 people... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE DECLARES EBOLA LOCKDOWN
Sierra Leone has the highest number of Ebola cases in West Africa, with more than 9,000 cases and more than 2,400 deaths since the start of the outbreak... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE WARNS OF MORE MUDSLIDES AS RAIN FORECAST
Authorities in Sierra Leone warned on Thursday of danger from more mudslides as a large crack has opened on a mountainside in the capital Freetown... READ MORE›